scholarly journals Optimization and Application of the Wine Neophobia Scale

Beverages ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Gary J. Pickering ◽  
Gillian Dale ◽  
Belinda Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Behavioral Correlates ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Lower Household Income

Wine consumers’ willingness (wine neophilia) or reluctance (wine neophobia) to try new wines represent, respectively, an opportunity or barrier for product innovation and market development in the wine industry. Here, we first sought to validate and optimize the Wine Neophobia Scale (WNS) in a large sample of 1269 Canadian wine consumers. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that a seven-item scale was optimal. This modified WNS (mWNS) was then used to investigate demographic and behavioral correlates of wine neophobia. Using lower and upper quartile values, 316 neophiles and 326 neophobes were identified. Wine neophiles and neophobes did not differ with respect to gender or age; however, neophobes had lower household income, education, and wine involvement, and reported consuming fewer wine styles than neophiles. Interestingly, while neophiles drank wine considerably more frequently than neophobes—a finding that is mediated by wine involvement—total annual wine intake did not differ between the groups. Importantly, the price typically paid per bottle of wine also varied with wine neophobia. We recommend adoption of the modified mWNS as a useful tool for more fully understanding the drivers of wine behavior and providing guidance to wine marketers.

scholarly journals The Discrepancies Between Individual-Set and Parent-Set Career Goals Scale: Development and Initial Validation

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532090179
Author(s):  
Dian R. Sawitri ◽  
Peter A. Creed ◽  
Mirwan S. Perdhana
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
First Year ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Item Scale

As there was no existing, psychometrically sound scale that directly assessed the discrepancies that young people experience between individual-set career goals and parent-set career goals, we developed and provided initial validation for a 15-item scale for use with young adults. In Study 1, items were developed, reviewed by experts, and administered to a sample of first year, undergraduate Indonesian students ( N = 426, M age = 18.42 years). We used exploratory factor analysis to reduce the number of items and assess the factor structure and used confirmatory factor analyses on a holdout sample to assess this underlying structure. We then provided evidence for construct validity. Recommendations for use in research and practice are discussed.

Development and validation of a smoking rationalization scale for male smokers in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyuan Huang ◽  
Wenjie Fu ◽  
Haiying Zhang ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Xiaoxia Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Chinese Male ◽  
Item Scale

The purpose of this study is to develop a smoking rationalization scale for Chinese male smokers. A total of 35 focus groups and 19 one-on-one interviews were conducted to collect items of the scale. Exploratory factor analyses and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to identify the underlying structure of the scale. Results found a 26-item scale within six dimensions (smoking functional beliefs, risk generalization beliefs, social acceptability beliefs, safe smoking beliefs, self-exempting beliefs, and quitting is harmful beliefs). The scale showed acceptable validity and reliability. Results highlight that smoking rationalization is common among Chinese male smokers, and some beliefs of smoking rationalization seem to be peculiar to China.

Developing and Validating a Theater Experience Scale

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Ki Chan ◽  
Wing Tung Au ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Cross Validation ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Aesthetic Pleasure ◽  
Professional Theater ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Cognitive Challenges ◽  
A Performance

Based on interviews with professional theater practitioners that suggested five components of theater experiences, namely, cognition, emotion, sensation, authenticity, and coherence, we developed and validated a Theater Experience Scale on a sample of 2,359 audience members in 17 productions. Cognition is the extent to which a performance is comprehensible yet provides cognitive challenges and inspiration. Emotion is the experience of engagement, emotional release and resonance, and surprise. Sensation concerns physiological and sensory stimulations and experiencing aesthetic pleasure. Authenticity is the extent to which performers are believed to be sincere and true in staging and performing the play. Coherence is about ensemble and integration between different theatrical elements. Cross-validation using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a 24-item scale for measuring these five factors. We also found that cognition, emotion, sensation, authenticity, and coherence were all significantly correlated with the audience’ overall enjoyment, as indicated by their likelihood to recommend the play to their family and friends.

scholarly journals Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2019 Annual Meeting

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 2169-2169
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Critical Determinant ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Human Factors And Ergonomics ◽  
Trust Formation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Item Scale

This lecture discusses the validation of a new scale, the Trust of Automated Systems Test (TOAST). As we increasingly rely on automated systems to perform tasks, it becomes ever more important to understand the ways in which real operators will use these systems. Trust is a critical determinant of this use. Previous efforts to translate trust, typically an interpersonal human experience, into the domain of artificial cognition and inanimate objects, has met with mixed success. Existing scales tend to anthropomorphize systems and attribute intent to relatively simplistic decision processes. This anthropomorphization has led to operator dissatisfaction with these scales and, consequently, poor data quality. In two studies, I present the validation effort for a scale that avoids anthropomorphizing while still assessing the theoretically-driven underlying dimensions of trust formation. Confirmatory Factor Analyses provide evidence that the TOAST, a nine-item scale measuring operator Understanding of the system and belief in its Efficacy is a valid metric of operator trust of both military and civilian systems.

I Should Have Known Better: Development of a Self-Report Measure of Gullibility

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-423
Author(s):  
Alessandra K. Teunisse ◽  
Trevor I. Case ◽  
Julie Fitness ◽  
Naomi Sweller
Keyword(s):  
Social Intelligence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Large Pool ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Report Measure

The aim of this research was to explore the predictors of gullibility and to develop a self-report measure of the construct. In Studies 1 to 3, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on a large pool of items resulting in a 12-item scale with two factors: Persuadability and Insensitivity to cues of untrustworthiness. Study 4 confirmed the criterion validity of the scale using two distinct samples: scam victims and members of the Skeptics Society. Study 5 demonstrated positive relationships between gullibility and the self-reported persuasiveness of, and likelihood of responding to, unsolicited emails. Throughout the article, analyses of a variety of measures expected to converge with the scale provided evidence for its construct validity. Overall, these studies demonstrate that the construct of gullibility is distinct from trust, negatively related to social intelligence, and that the Gullibility Scale is a reliable and valid measure of gullibility.

Validation of a brief form of the Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion questionnaire

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Dupuis ◽  
Stéphanie Baggio ◽  
Gerhard Gmel
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Neighborhood Social Cohesion ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Item Scale

The aim of this study was the validation of a brief form of the Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion questionnaire using data from 5065 men from the “Cohort Study on Substance-Use Risk Factors.” A 9-item scale covering three factors was proposed. Excellent indices of internal consistency were measured (α = .93). The confirmatory factor analyses resulted in acceptable fit indices supporting measurement invariance across French and German forms. Significant correlations were found between the brief form of the Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion questionnaire, and satisfaction and self-reported health, providing evidence of the concurrent validity of the scale. Perceived neighborhood social cohesion, and depression and suicide attempts were negatively associated, sustaining the protective effect of perceived social cohesion.

Does Beck's Hopelessness Scale really measure several components?

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE-MARIE AISH ◽  
DANUTA WASSERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Factor Models ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Scale Measure ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Item Scale

Background. Much of the interest in hopelessness stems from the key role it plays in the prediction of suicidal behaviour. To measure hopelessness, Beck et al.(1974)developed a 20-item scale (BHS), applied exploratory factor analysis and argued that the scale measures three specific components (affective, motivational and cognitive). Subsequent exploratory factor analyses identified two, three or more factors underlying the scale.Method. Several confirmatory factor analyses (LISREL) were run on data on 324 suicide attempters in Sweden in order to test the hypothesized factorial structures and to investigate the psychometric properties of the individual items.Results. Neither three- nor two-factor models fitted the data. A simpler structure was sufficient to account for the observed correlations between most of the items. This led to the development of several variants of a one-factor model, each a combination of affective, motivational and cognitive items. The number of items varied between four and 15.Conclusions. Our findings suggest that most of the items (15) of Beck's Hopelessness Scale measure one factor. They further suggest that the number of items could considerably be reduced. A four-item scale produced an excellent fit. It includes positive and negative items describing the perception of the future in terms of success, darkness, lack of opportunity and faith. It might even be possible to replace the total scale with one item only, ‘my future seems dark to me’.

scholarly journals Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Cognitive Social Capital Scale in a Colombian sample

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adalberto Campo-Arias ◽  
Carmen Cecilia Caballero-Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Cognitive Social Capital ◽  
Item Scale

Social capital is a polysemic concept that hinders the construction of an instrument that addresses all meanings. However, the concept has been used with increasing frequency in health sciences, which has motivated the need for valid and reliable tools. The study aimed to perform exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on a seven-item scale to measure social capital in adults of the general Colombian population. An online validation study was done, including a sample of 700 adults aged between 18 and 76 years (M = 37.1, SD = 12.7), and 68% were females. Participants completed a seven-item scale called the Cognitive Social Capital Scale (CSCS). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to explore the dimensionality of the CSCS. Moreover, Cronbach alpha and McDonald omega were computed to test internal consistency. The CSCS presented poor dimensionality and low internal consistency. Then, it was tested a five-item version (CSCS-5). The CSCS-5 showed one dimension with better goodness-of-fit indicators, Cronbach alpha of 0.79 and McDonald omega of 0.80. In conclusion, CSCS-5 presents one dimensional and high internal consistency. It can be recommended for the measuring of social capital in the general Colombian population. Further researches should corroborate these findings.

A PHYSICAL SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR CHILDREN

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Colella ◽  
Milena Morano ◽  
Laura Bortoli ◽  
Claudio Robazza
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Physical Ability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Item Scale

The purpose of the study was to develop a physical self-efficacy scale to assess children's perception of personal strength, speed, and coordinative abilities. A 6-item scale, titled Perceived Physical Ability Scale for Children, was presented to a sample of 1914 children, 997 girls and 917 boys, ranging in age from 8 to 10 years, drawn from 15 elementary schools representing different regions of Italy. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the data provided support for the internal validity and reliability of a single factor structure of the scale across sex and age categories. It is argued that the scale can be used for both research and applied purposes.

Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Iliceto ◽  
Emanuele Fino
Keyword(s):  
Second Order ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Beck Hopelessness Scale ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
Model Invariance ◽  
Three Factor

The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) is an instrument for assessing cognitive thoughts among suicidal persons. Previous studies have identified different factor structures of the BHS. However, results were not conclusive. The aim of this study was to test the factor structure of the BHS in a sample of Italian individuals (N = 509) from the community, and secondarily to investigate correlations between the BHS, depression (Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition), and personality traits (Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire). Following recommendations of previous investigations, we utilized a 5-point response format. We applied a second-order Confirmatory Factor Analyses and tested for the model invariance. The results suggest that besides a single second-order factor, a second-order three-factor solution is also reasonable, in line with Beck’s theorization.

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